RIno468 wrote:I went to my doctor who said without any clinical weakness she wouldn't give me a referral to a neuro.

Any advice / help you can provide will be great.

My advice is that you have a good doctor and should listen to them

Everything about this (history of health anxiety, distribution of twitches, etc.) sounds very, very typical of BFS and people here. I could write more but it would be entirely redundant as it's that simple really.

yes intermittent twitches here and there are typical for BFS. and your doctor is right. twitches are very common. unless they are not associated with clinical weakness (which could be primarily assessed by amng good GP), it does not mean MND.

Here to reassure you too Rino... intermittent twitches are very common in BFS. Working out definitely exacerbates them too. I'm about a year into this and I even notice that just a long walk will stress out my calves and make them fire off more when I sit down. No weakness (I like the term inability), then you are in a benign category.

I'm also seeing a therapist over health anxiety and I've been twitching for about 7 months now. I've been to see about 6 different doctors who are all telling me they can't refer me to a neuro with no other symptoms other that twitching... I feel your pain! Just wanted you to know you're not the only one in this position, it's driving me crazy and making my health anxiety worse, plus I'm only 16!